understatement
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 软弱无力的陈述，克制的说法
构词拆分
词源说明
From under- + statement or understate + -ment.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.
- (countable) An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete